The court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that patients don’t have a right to sue states that disqualify Planned Parenthood, a financial blow to the abortion provider.

The federal government and many states already block using Medicaid funds to cover abortion. But the state-federal health insurance program for lower-income people does pay for other services from Planned Parenthood, including birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

In the case, the justices were asked to consider whether South Carolina can to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding.